The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-05 00:00:00

I A heavy gate clf* wind came on at this place on • Tuesday afternoon*, and' from six to eleven in the evening it blew tremendously bard. About seven o'clock the piles which form the east end' of the Coffie lon, at the entrance of the'New Dock, .were discovered to,have given way, owing to the violence of the wind and Ode. Fears were 'entertained for the safety of the works. A number "of workmen, were collet9ed, but it being nearly h'gh Water, the waves broke so furiously over the tops. of the piles, that it waS almost impossible to approach the plaCe where. their assistance was most wanted. By the greatcxerti9ns of the engineers and the :rest of the people employed, several supports were fixed during the night, ,between the ANalls'of the bason and the inside of :the piles; and the works were thus etfeaually secured before the morning tide.— ()Or precautions have since been adopted against the danger with which they were threatened. In the same evening, the piling on the foreshore of the' Humber, on the ground belonging to Messrs. Efig-•.' lish, Earle, and Co. on the west-side of the Dock, and a large quantity of earth which had been thrown up for the purpose of Making a road, were crrried away. About forty yards of a very thick brick embankment, in frOnt of Mr. Anthony'At kinson's premises, a little distance from thin town, were thrown quite down. The lead covering of St. John's Church, about thirty feet long, and twelve or thirteen broad, was also stripped oft', and car ried into the yard of the water works. Part of the root of a malt-kiln, in Trinity House-lane, was also blown down. . ~: r 'tiVeare .concerned to learn the loss of the Pert Brig, fOrmerly the Bonaparte French Privateer, of 16 guns, Captain DONALD CAMPBELL, on the 16th of OCtober, on the Island of Margarita.— Mt. Smouoirotc, Master,. and ten men were drowned. The accident -happened in a hurricane, in which she drove. from her anchors., She had taken, the day before, the Spanish Ncket Alarme, of six, guns, frOm Ferrol, howl& to the Spanish Main. Capt. CAMPBELL obtained possession of her snail and dispatches, but they were afterwards un fortunately lost in the Pert. CAW. CAMPBELL came home in the Alexander, arrived last week 'at Portsmouth. :, The Ellin trig, Captain OWENS, which had earried a !lumber of , Spanish . Prisoners of War from p g rismoutii Corunna, which place she left on Christmas4by, arrived at Swansea on Friday init. At the time of his departure, Cap tain OWENS., had not heard of any French troops baying acaually 'entered Spain, but they were ex pe6ted on the frontiers about the 26111 ult. Exlrat of a Letter from 'Captain JAMES, of the Ship Gleamore, of Newcastle, from Madeira, dated the 12th of November last, to his Owners.—" On Wedpesclay, the 21st of October, a suspicious Sail appeared, on our wake, About seven P. M. when we beat 10 quarters at eight she fired into us, which kive returned with two e-pounders. I immediately bailed him, but the answer he returned was not aitisfaCtory ; however, he sheered off, and kept without the reach of our guns ; at five A. M. saw him bear down towards us; at seven he was in our ieak'e; and observing no stern gims, no doubt was determined to keep us end on, so as to drive us froth .ou quarters ;_but hi was mistaken, for a s soon as h e . bad* wi th in gun-shot we lowered down the jolly boat, and fired heavy long nines into him, which in thtcdurse of the night we had placed there ; but Obtwithstanding a well-direaed fire from our stern, he still persevered in his attempt to board ; at half .patt eight -he attempted . our starboard quarter, but Aim rounded to,'and gave him a broadside ; he im hiediately wore round, expecting to 'get on our lar bdard aide ; but be found we were ready to receivq him there ; he was then withinpintol shot of us:-4 A continual fire on both sides continued until-Vale ' pSst nine, when we drove them from their quarters, and not a:lnan was to be seen, 'nor a singles stmt frotti him ; then hailed him,' and enquiredrwhy - he should a tt em p t a second time such a ship as ours lis answet was, I wished to try what you was, and Immediately upwards of 100 men made their ap pearance, From the small number I had on board, Was afra4l to attempt boarding him; as he had the _superiority in sOing, he immedietely made ;sail kind mood to the west. .8116 was a beautiful Vessel, pierced for '1 6 gims, and mounted 14 brass 6-pound , trs i as the wad found on our decks was covered with.' verdigrease and about the size of our s i xes e, she *as apparently a new thggfr. For the gallaetll- ! haviour of my s a il ors I h ave promised them fivegu- neas reward to drink; which I certainly think they deserVe, as in the very heat of the salon they ~ gate three cheers andlung oat Conquer or die !' I am" happy to 'say not a man was hurt on ,board our Ship,- though many shot have gone through our bulwarks and clothes, some of our running rigging is cut, and several shot though our sails. We must have done him much damage, as we fired 75 shot, 12 .which were from our stern guns." - • • The- Bury Castle, Bt t uM, from Shields to tiurton, and _the Arida/us/a, WaLsoe, of sunderland, both laden with coals, were captured off Whitby, on the .otb ult. And retaken' on the same 'day-by.faur Ber wick Smacks.' The 'former is arrived 'at Scarborough, and the latter at Bridlington. . AsteittcA.—The Secretaryof the Navy, in a Let ter to the Chairtnau of a Committee of Congyiss, states, "that in aid of the fixed fortifications, which will be submitted by the Secretary of War,' it' is presumed that. there will be required at the. ports and harbours, mentioned below, the number of'%On beats annexed to them respe(tiVely, viz. ''n( ; ." At New Orleans 16 ; George-Town,Savannah 8 ; St. aty's r, 4.; Charlestan,,S. C. 10 ; S. ; Wilmington, N. C. 3 ; Ocracoelt 4 ; Albebarle Sound 1 a Norfolk 60 ; Alexandria 2 ; BaltintOre 3 ; Philadelphia 4; Dela Ware Bay and RiVer to ; Egg Ilarbour, 1 • Amboy, 2 ; N. York 50, ; Long Island 4 ; New4;ndon 6; Conneelicut Shore-0 ;- New-Port, R. 12.1.' Tiverton 1; 03ostott 1 ; Sa lem and Newburyport 6 ; Portland 6 ; New Bed ford, 4 ; Marblehead, and Cape Atm 2 ; York, Xennebuek and Saco e ; Kenndbeck, Sheepscut, Datnariscotta, Broad Bay, St. George's 5 scot 2 ; Frenchman's Bay 21 Yassamoquoddy Bl Portsmouth, 4 ;—Making in all 2 i ,w-4--1 which .we have at this time provided 69- 7 tveuld leave to be provided 188 Gun-boats." The building of these Gun-boats is cstina4l34oll, an Average at 6000 dollars each. . , Having been instrumental in circulating, tt stnry that appears to.have been wholly without foundation, and, which has excited great uneasinessin this Gen lleman, whose charader, we are assured, is re , fpe6t7 ed twherever it is known, we feel great pleasure in ptesenting the following letter, from Dr. Movi...AN' .himself, to our Readers. We have already signified. that the. article to which the Doclor's letter refers, was founded upon one. that appeared in a Morning Paper; and that, confiding in the truth of - the fads stated, we thought it our,duty to draw the attention of our Readers to so important a subject, 'The . Paper alluded to . was The Morning Herald of the 21st of . December. • - , . . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, It is with the greatest astonishment that I read last night, in your Paper of the 2, Ist, a publication, stating, that " the Pope had lately . issued a Bull, "'addressed to the,TitUlar Bishops of Ireland, ex ‘c horting them, in the most. forcible terms, to ex- . cite in the minds of all people of the Roman "r Catholic. persuasion, 'under their influence, and dire6tion, an ardent devotion to the views and objefts of BUONAiARTE, and an expectation that, " by his assistance rind 'priatedion, they may, even " tually, obtain ,an uncontrouled exercise of their " rights, religions and political ; and that this Ad " dress from the Roman Pontiff was accompanied by another Paper, containing a solemn declaration, " on the part of the Trench Ruler, that it was his " firm determination to give the Roman Catholic 'Religion thu ascendancy in Ireland and that " these curious and important documents came into the hands of Doaor MOYLAN, Titular Bishop ..of " Cork, who, with the fidelity of a loyal subject, " submitted them to the Duke of PORTLANIL" Now, Sir, I do most solemnly declare tint I never received, saw, nor beard of, any such documents, until I saw them mentioned in your Paper of, the 21st lust. ; that I verily, believe and am certain, be yond a doubt, that no such documents ever did or do exist ; therefore I could not submit them to his Grace the Duke of PORTLAND. ' , F. MOYLAN, Tit. Bishop,of Cork. Cork, Dec. 27, 1807. Several reports having been in circulation respe&- ing the safety of Lord HUTCHINSON, we are happy to state, that his. Lordship was expected to take-his 'passage to England in his Majesty's Sloop flame, Capt. PHILLIII9RE, letters having been received from Capt. Pitutimottg, of 'so late a date as the 9th ult. at which period the time of his sailing from Gottenburgh was uncertain. Ali orders were quite discretionary, it is probable he would regulate, his departureaccording to existing circumstances. -'Mr. MumE, the .Windsor Manager, has been charged with a want of candour in n ot p u bli s hi ng hi s own letters, as well as , those of Miss Din+ICAN. It was necessary fUr his own defence that be should publish MisS:DUNCAN'S letters, but the reason that he did not publish , his own was, as we stated,. be cause they were in her possession, and he had.not thought ,it necessary to: take copies of them. If they Contain any thing that will serve the Lady, she will, of course, publish them herself. Her conduct, seems, bas'given so Inch • offence .tojhe people of Windsor,that it ; will be necessary lor her to make an ample explanation, if not an apology, before she performs again at, that place. • BRAIHAM and IlEasail have united. their powers in eoFnposing music for a new cornioOpera,.which is soon expeded to make its appearanOe at Drury lane Theatre. .The dramatic part of the PiecL:. is said to be the work of Mr. WisaArtr,t.: • • _ new Pantomimes at both Theatres have been se much improved by practice, and the addition of whithsical tricks, and humours, that they are every night well attended and highly applauded. • Aigmat.c again came forward last night at Covent- Garden Theatre, and performed paavian with his ustial energy. The part of Floranthe was for the' first time pertbrmed by Miss SMITH, who rendered it more impressive than most of her predecessors. Miss NORTON supported th@' chara&er of Zoroyda With pathetic effed. Viscount GAZWAY has keen exercising the rites of hospitality during the present season at Silby Hall, Yorkshire. Some of his guests employed theta selves in the representation of The Provok'd Has. bawl, and, according to report, acquitted themselves with much greater ability thah could be expeaed frOm mere amateurs. The daors were rewarded not ,with " lentenenteztainment," but with a very - fine - sitpper abounding with every thing the season ::coulci produce. , It appears from the Recprds of Ireland, that those Dramas called Mysteries and Moro/Wes, and which preceded the present Tragedy and Cotnedy, were occasionally exhibited in Dublin, preVious •to the reign of HENRY VI IL ; they were usually perform ed at Christmas , — , Thornas ; Fitzgerald, Earl of ,Kil dare; - 001 Lord 'l.,ieoienant of Ireland, in the year li2B, was invited to a new play every day in Christmas, Arland Usher being then Mayor, and Francis Herbert and John Squire, Bailiffs—Wherein the Tail/fry atied the vart, of Adam. and Eve ; th e Shoemakers represeoted tho story of Crispin and Crispianus ; the Vintners acid Bacchus and' his story the Carpenters that of Joseph and Mary , j Vulcan, nod,what related to him, was kited by the Smiths; and the Comedy of Ceres, the Goddess of Corm, by the Bakerc Their stage was erected on Heggin Green, now College Green; and on it Ole Priors of St. John of Jerusalem, of the Blessed Tri , pity, and of Allhallows, caused two plays to be 06W—the one to be representing the Passion of our Saviour, and the other the several Deaths which the Apostles suffered. From this record it should seem that it was customary with the Chief Magistrates of Dublin to invite the Lord Lieutenant to a new play every day in C4ristroas. It was forrnerly customary : . with 'the several. Corporations of Ditblin' 4i invite . the Chief .Governor to a play at St. George's Chapel on the anniversaries of their Patron Saints, 'This Chapel stood in St. Geerge!s-lane (now St. George's street, South), froM whence it derived its name. lord Et.nozi will sit, on Monday next, at Lin coln's Inn Hall, and continue so to do daily, to heai the remanent of petitions to causct, lunacies, paid bankruptcies. tO 'gitt--;Scme time ago I oh - served a Letter in the inim-mess Journal, froth the Orkneys, stating .the discovery there of another Comet, nearly t'ertical, at eight o'clock at night, upon the 30th of November last. The Letter stated, that . the old. Comet was at that time still visible, 4ild the new one was quite distioet to the naked eye,: having several bright nights looked out for it, but in vain, I gave over the pursuit ; but .this evening a Gentleman who lives with me discovered it, and shewed it to me : it is easily visible to the naked eye; and, the nucleus appeardarger than that of the first Comet—it has yet nwtail, but as it-appears to be approaching the sup, and will probably ,be long visible, its appear ance will probably change in this respe6t..lts situ~t lion this night, 26th December, at eight'o'clook, with the Stitrs Mu and Argot - the Constellation An dromeda, 40 deg. N. lat. forms nearly an equilateral triangle; through one of Dolland's three feet tele scopes it, appears milch larger than other Co met, still visible. Your's, Itc. • H.R. D. Inverness-shire, Dec. 26, 1807. We have.the satisfaaion to state, that his Ma jesty's Ship Swallow, reported to have been lost lately otf Scilly,' was sate at Liverpool ou the 2d instant. There is a singular coincidence of circumstances attending the loss of Ca l ptain LYMARD and of the late Captain JAMES HANSON, of the Brazen Frigate; these,two Officers went to sea as Midshipmen to ther, under the particular care of th e l ate Captai n Kigo - , the Circumnavigator, and continued to serve, together in the same ships for several years, till Cap tam HANSON accompanied Captain VANCOUVER, 01) his Voyage of Discoveries to the South Seas,' during, which voyage a warm friAdship was formed between him and the late Lord CAMELFODD and after hail-, ing escaped all the.dangera of that four yea voyage, he was unfortunatelY lost, with, all his crew jone, man only excepted), this time seven years, otithe Sussex coast, near Newhaven ; and his, friend and companion, Captain LvniARD, has now ;lieu he like fate upon the Cornish coast. Metter from Thurso has communicated the fol 7 lovting distressing particulars of the loss of the Mon tier :—" We have just received the melancholy pc counts. of the•less of .the Brig Bolnider,. of Leith,. JAMES Noluiti . Master, ckeared out at this port in September last, for PiCton, with emigrants. They lett Stronmess the Ist of o..itober, -and on the 2oth• of the same month were totally wrecked near theliay of dulls, in Newfoundland. When the Ship left this Port,' she had on board 130 passen gers ; the crew constsied of 14 seamen, besides the Captain and. Surgeon.. Of these the only survivors are three passengers, the second mate, and foul seamen"; so that, melancholy to relate, 133 persons have perished on this unfortunate voyage," Yesterdiy the soi. of a printseller in Cornhill, having imprudently put some gunpowder in his pocket, a spark communicated to it froth the fire, and an explosion took place, which scorched the buy so dreadfully, that his lite is despaired of. r To the credit of rho Catholic Clergy in Ireland, we have information, from a correspondent who has' late)) , made a tour thrOngh..that country, 'that in all their discourses to their congregations, • in. their chapels, they strongly enforce a subordination to the existing Government, and a determined' resistance, to all innovation, invasion, or insurrection. MATCH AGAINST TIME.--A Mr. Dalmar has on- . dertakeh, for a considerable wager, to run seven Miles, on chosen ground, within the hour. The performance is to take place on Wednesday next, at nine o'clock, on the Edgware-road. • . ,As considerable agitation must have been, e xe it e d in the minds of a great number' of persons, by the mortality' which lately happened at 'Ringwood; hi Hampshire, .after yaccination, we are. happy in taking the earliest opportunity of assuring our Readers, that the result of a most patient investiga tion' on the spot, by a DeputAtion from the Jen nerian Society in London, in the presence of a very eminent Physician from 'Salisbury, was so com pletely satisfaatory to all pa r ties, as not tala v e shaken their eohtidetiCe in that moilo of preventing the mischiefs of the Shall-pox. A Report of Parti culars will probably soon be published, 'Monany se'nnight a fox was• unkennelled on Black - Comb, in Malmo, by the hounds of John Woodburn, Esq. of Kirkleylrelath, Cumberland, which, taking Nisi course twice over the . fells - intO Whitbeck and Bootle, and then, crossing into the valley of Whicham, and pursning his route to lam Castle—from whence making a cunning return through Whicharn,he was at last killed near the hoitse of John Kirkbatik, Esq: Kirkbank, after a chace of nearly eighty -miles., As Mr. L.'s fox-hounds were drawing some furz covers, last week, •in the vicinity of Llangellar Church,. Carmarthenshire„ having hit on a fresh' drag, Reynard was tally'd breaking cover, and. taking'his• course over the Llangellar mountain to wards Cun will, the hound's went off at score, i.vhen, being closely pursued, the fox made direaly- for Llimpntratent wood, from thence to Breghva and Llaollawthog covers, leaving Llanvihangel-scorn, on• the left ; here the hounds itoming breast.high, and being close at his heals, lie crossed the gorges of the Garmarthenshire mountains, making for the Cothy. river; and after a hard ohne 'of four - hours; Reynard was killed five miles 'from Llandilovawr. The distance the 14 ran was compoted to beat least Oct miles. Mr. L. and the huntsman were the only persons it) at the death: On Saturday morning, between the hours of four and six, theicoonting-house of. Messrs, HANDS and, Woomera, its Throgmorton-street, was forcibly entered by thieves, who cut, the pannels of the shutters, .and stole cash and Bank notes to a large amount. likewise took away an iron chest, csintaining all the account books but the books and Tapers 'were fount in Moorfields on Sunday Morning. • The following melancholy:circumstance occurred. lately at Falkland Gentleman, on a visit at the house of a friend, retired to his chamber after supper in a state of inebriety. The servants shortly after were alarmed by groans at the kitchen window, and, on going out, discovered that the tinfoAunate man had leaped tort his chamber window, el height of 20 feat. He died next day in excruci4ting ago. nies. SCOTCH LAIA Ai'a numerous meetitig of the Pachit'y cafes, at Edinburuh, oh We:dnesdny th, called by the Dean; in consequences of a signed by several very respectable Members, cider the Bill lately introduced into the +Ion; • t Lords by the LORD 6TANOELLOtti respeaing tl),• miriistratioo of •Justice in ScOtland, the Resolutions were Moved by Mr.:JEFFERY, and se-. conded by Mr. JOHN MURiIAY That it it the opinion of the Meeting; tit, That the Court of Session ought to be divid;. ecl 'into , two Chambers; or thiAlotts, of t'd-Ordinat jurisditlion, as proposed in the Bill; Rc.4,. That it ought to be, provided hi the 4iti, the Judges, in each Cltatilber 'ought to sit daily in 1114 Inner-house; for dispatch of business, during tlt4 time of Session. 3tl, That the requisite alterations in the Cobsti• tution of the: Court of Sessiqn, and i❑ the ►nodes and forms of administering Justice in Scotland ; ought, as far as possible, to be trade by the direct tive Authority of Parliament ; and that no ,powei or authority ; of a legislative kind; ought to , be dole: gated to the Court itst-lf, unless carefully flinlied to such rules of procedure as are subordinate and technical. 4th, That the appointment of Royal Corritnig;. sion, With powers to inquire into matters tending to the better administration„ of Justice in Scotland, whose proceedings shall be laid before both tioultes of Parliatnent, 'is a measure highly, exodient in it= self, and sanalioned ,by former practice. sth, That the Commissioners who shale be so appointed; ought to be instrutled to report to Par . Lament as to the • ntiaTher of 'judges wild ar e t o Officiate in the Outer-houje and Bill-chamber, add as to the other. Anatters whin!) it is prof tosed in tiro Bill shall be committed ,tri' the Court itself; pro:- vided, however, that the Court shall be'empw.vered to regulate all the said matters, by Ans of Sede -until a Statute shall be passed upon the Re 'port of ,the cpinmissioners..,: . tith, That there are some;general po,intsj it would be eypedient to fit,' in the first- instanCee 'by fhe "atithoriV. of the Logishitpre, le.r%ing to the gonam,isliopers . only to report upon the-16ml and manner in which they should be carried int execution., 7th, That tipon this principle, it ought to he dc••• Glared by Ata , of Poliament, that the introduetiou cjf Jury-trial, in certain civil cases, would he fur the evi dent utility of:the subjeas within Scotland: and the Commission would report in what cases, and in what manner and form, it appears to them that it could be most usefully established. sth, Thai it ought to, be declared, in like manner, that the present form Of . - process, which sanctions long written statementit and'argumentS, all of Whidt entey on the record, is productive of great inconveni. epee, and might to be altered and that the COM. mission shotlid be diretied `to report, on the 1110SV advisable means of remedying this , evil.• 9th, That the unlimited power of single . Juriges, to review their. own interlocutory judgments, Is pro. duetive of many inconverflencles; and that the Coto mission be 'direeted to consider in what manner these inconveniences may be re►uoved. toth; That the mode, as now praCtised, of taking proofs by commission, is . produCtivc of t►►any incon ven►ences; and that the Commission, be directed trs consider in what manner. these inconveniences may be removed. ; t tth, That the Cortunission be farther dire6ted to make inquiry into „the proceedings in the bat Chambers and inferiorCourts i and to report in what manner these m.ty be improved.. 12th, That the Whole matters to be thus inVostil . gated, being 'clearly connected with each ought to be referred to the consideration of one,and the same set ot . Conupksinners 3 and that they, should be direated to,Make their Rt4)ort within six months from the end Otthe SessiOn of ParliaMent in which the Bill is passed: iSth, That the Bill, with the altt,ations suggest , ed in the preceding Resolutions, will materially im prove the Administration olJustice in Scotland. These Resolutions were:unanimously,. adopted by the Faculty, with the exception ofJhe seventh, in which it is proposed to be. declared by Act 'of Par• liament, that the introduaion of Jury-trial, in cer+ tan) cases, would be for the evident ntili►y of the Subjeds ,within Scotland. This Resolutibn waa, however, adopted by a great majority. Mr. WN't. tasturre then moved the Thanks cf the Faculty to the Lord Chancellor EiLboN, for themtention he has given to the improvement of the Law of Scotland, and' that a copy of the above Resolutions be,transmitted to his Lordship by the bean which Motion was SeColld9d by Mr. DAVID Hvan, and was carried unanimously., LAmEs' BoAttotNo-Scnoot,i near the City Road. Mrs. Caoss : respe&fulty informs the Gentry,. 'Meru Chants, and her Friends in general, that bet Saadi will re-commence on Monday the 113th of January., and that' she has - accommodation for three more young Ladies as Boarders vslie.hopes that the tia tering success has met with .for these twemy lour years in eddcating the Daughters of some . Of the: first FaMilies in the City, to whom reforeneei tWnt be had, will .be no small recomMendation to Ladies and Gentlemen who may honour her with their patronage. Terms , -- , The young Ladies ar..! boarded and taught the English and French Lan guages.,with grammatical' purity and .cotitaness, History, and the Needle-works, for 30 guineas per . annum, washing included ; Parlour. - boarders, bi guineas a yeat'; Day Boarders, 3 guineas l*lr quar ter ; and, Day' scholars a guinea and a half. No Entrance-money expeOed either frOm'Boarders or Day Sliolars. Writing,*Arithaetio, Music; ing, Drawing, Italian, Geography, the Use of tlin Globes, and Astronomy, taught by Ptot - es;nrs eminence' and estabhithed merit. Wanted, a young; Lady of a , docile disposition' and genteel addres - s an apprentice she will 'enjoy many advantages which are not to be mot ; with in the gemelillny or Schools.----Tern s 100 guineas for three years, "Mas terS and extra, included, Drawing only excepted, which, if required; must be paid separately for ; iaY tau guineas Without itlieleri.--Mrs. CRO'§s may be Spoken with, or direekii to, at her SeMirmy, No, 11, :Chiirles-square, near th,; City R oa d, Thi s E sta blishment consists of but a swall ,and seleet number of Ladies.